The West Brook football team gave the No. 5 team in the state about all it could handle for the first 43 minutes of the game.

Then in less than a 30-second stretch things unraveled in a 23-10 defeat against Houston Lamar (3-0), the Class 5A Division I runner-up last season, Thursday night at Delmar Stadium in Houston.

Trailing Houston Lamar 14-3 with six minutes to play in the game, senior defensive back Glen Winston intercepted Lamar quarterback Darrell Colbert near the end zone to thwart a scoring drive and give West Brook (2-1) another crack at scoring a touchdown.

But on third and long from the two-yard line, quarterback Isaac Aubrey threw the ball in the dirt while escaping pressure in the end zone, leading to a grounding penalty and two points for Lamar.

Lamar's Ronnie Wesley then returned the free kick on the safety 60 yards for a touchdown to give the Redskins a 23-3 lead with 4:42 to play in the game.

West Brook would add a touchdown in the final 24 seconds of the game, a 14-yard touchdown pass from Aubrey to Isiah Wilkerson in the corner of the end zone.

West Brook fell behind early after Lamar scored its first touchdown of the game with 8:01 to play in the game but the Bruins' defense settled down after that point, making things difficult for Lamar the rest of the way.

The Bruins recorded four sacks on the game, one coming from Christian Bluiett, a sophomore and the younger brother of UT player Caleb Bluiett.

Sergio Lujan got West Brook on the board with a 37-yard field goal with 6:23 to play in the first half but Lamar answered back on a 19-yard run from Levy Whiteing to go up 14-3, a lead it would take into the half.

Running back Justin Hervey was a work horse for West Brook, carrying 27 times for 98 yards. West Brook's defense held the SMU-bound Colbert to 5 of 13 passing for 115 yards and 10 carries for 19 yards. Aubrey was 9 of 21 for 109 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions.

West Brook won its first two games of the season over Class 4A crosstown rivals Central and Ozen. The team was playing its second game in a row without defensive coordinator Eddie Hatch, absent due to a family emergency.